Being critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, strengthening understanding of the properties and processes of soil at national and regional scales is imperative. The necessity to realize SDGs by 2030 also inspires a greater sense of responsibility and care for soils. Sustainable management of soil health is important to achieving several SDGs. Pertinent SDGs intricately connected with soil health include SDG 1 (End Poverty), 2 (Zero Hunger), 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing), 5 (Gender Equality), 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), 9 (Industry Innovation and Infrastructure), 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), 13 (Climate Action), and 15 (Life on Land). Some of these SDGs rely considerably on plant production and others depend on soil processes. Pertinent among soil processes are water movement, heat transfer, sorption and physical filtration, ion exchange, and biochemical and biophysical transformations. In terms of specific accomplishments, 130 countries have aligned with the Zero Hunger Challenge, the globally available fresh water has decreased to 71% of needs, Technosols (soils whose formation is influenced by anthropogenic based materials) are used in urban ecosystems, food wastes are composted, specific targets of Land Degradation Neutrality have been signed by several countries, and soil C sequestration targets are widely implemented through initiatives such as the 4 Per Thousand (4P1000) initiative, Platform on Climate Action in Americas (PLACA), Adapting African Agriculture (AAA), Living Soils of the Americas (LiSAM), etc. In addition, policy and regulatory frameworks being widely promoted by several U.N. agencies (e.g., U.N. SDGs,limiting global warming to 1.5°C or 2 °C) can be supported by innovations in soil science including forensic soil science, remote sensing and other innovations.

Soil health is becoming a central element of the research and innovation program of the EU, aiming to reach a 75% of healthy soils by 2030. In addition, the importance of soil health to human health and environmental issues is being widely promoted through educational books on soil science and secondary schools, as well as the revision of curricula. With continuous progress in movement into the digital world, transfer and communication of knowledge of the soil sciences can improve for the end users, policymakers, and the general public but additional efforts are needed. Soil science knowledge and research forms a significant contribution to specific aspects of food and nutritional security, human wellbeing, nature conservancy, and global peace and harmony. Achieving critical SDGs by 2030 can be facilitated by soil restoration and sustainable management.

对于实现联合国的可持续发展目标（SDG）至关重要，必须在国家和地区范围内加强对土壤特性和过程的了解。到2030年实现可持续发展目标的必要性也激发了人们对土壤的责任感和关怀意识。土壤健康的可持续管理对于实现若干可持续发展目标非常重要。与土壤健康息息相关的可持续发展目标包括可持续发展目标1（消除贫困），2（零饥饿），3（良好的健康与福祉），5（性别平等），6（清洁用水和卫生设施），7（可负担得起的清洁能源） ，9（工业创新和基础设施），11（可持续城市和社区），12（负责任的消费和生产），13（气候行动）和15（土地上的生活）。这些可持续发展目标中的一些严重依赖于植物生产，而另一些则依赖于土壤过程。与土壤过程有关的是水分运动，传热，吸附和物理过滤，离子交换以及生化和生物物理转化。在具体成就方面，有130个国家适应了“零饥饿”挑战，全球可用淡水已降至需求的71％，城市生态系统中使用了Technosols（其形成受人为基础物质影响的土壤），一些国家已经签署了堆肥化，土地退化中立性的具体目标，并且通过诸如“千人4（4P1000）”倡议，“美洲气候行动平台”（PLACA），“适应非洲农业”（ AAA），

土壤健康正成为欧盟研究与创新计划的核心要素，目标是到2030年达到75％的健康土壤。此外，教育书籍广泛宣传了土壤健康对人类健康和环境问题的重要性关于土壤科学和中学，以及课程的修订。随着进入数字世界的不断进步，土壤科学知识的传递和交流可以为最终用户，政策制定者和一般公众改善，但是还需要更多的努力。土壤科学知识和研究对粮食和营养安全，人类福祉，自然保护以及全球和平与和谐的特定方面做出了重大贡献。